Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases
Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife
Remember this and never forget it: even if it should seem at times that everything is collapsing, nothing is collapsing at all, because God doesn’t lose battles
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.